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LightninrodSun Aug-14-05 11:35 AM
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#6856, "08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's BB"


  

          

What a lake! Dodge County PFA--low 90s, almost no clouds, bright sunshine, windy, 5-7 mph-off-and-on, water clarity maybe 3'? I'm back in the stumps in 14-16' of water where I caught the 7/12(Wed.) and the 5 even yesterday. Got there at about 11 AM and caught her at about 11:45 AM---in the heat of the day.

I told my wife last night that I thought I'd head back to the swamp pond today since it's so much closer to home and I hadn't been there since last Sun. Changed my mind this morning and am I glad I did. As Matt and others have said, "go where there are big Bass or you won't have a chance at catching big Bass",---or words to that effect.

I was throwing Matt's BB and kept getting hung-up as I was yesterday and in fact, had to break off another BB. I tied a new one on, covered it in Megastrike, and then, since I'd just gotten a bottle of the new, clear http://www.bassbusters.net/hawgsauce/ , I dipped the last half of the BB in it and went to casting again.

I was reeling it back in at a steady pace when I felt a hit. She grabbed it at with just about 12' of line still out and we started havin' fun. She took me around my little boat and did two head-shakes out of the water as two young guys watched from maybe 30 yards away in their Bass boat. I couldn't tell where she was hooked but I didn't want her to get away and was lucky enough to get her next to the boat where I lipped her.

The BB's hook was in her tongue pad and the bait was still in perfect shape. She had been tagges as the other ones were too but the tag was missing leaving just a piece of line sticking out of her side and a welt on her side.

Had a few other hits but that's the only one I hooked. Came home earlier than usual. stopping on the way back to get a sack of Hardy's Farms hot, boiled peanuts.


http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132522&anum=3382

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132518&anum=3382

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132519&anum=3382

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132520&anum=3382

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132523&anum=3382

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132521&anum=3382

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132524&anum=3382

I measured her more carefully before the pic.

Dan

"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"

Deo Vindice

  

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UrbanSun Aug-14-05 12:38 PM
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#6857, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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Good job Dan. I bet that double d is just around the corner.

You need to buy a bait knocker, you will not lose another one of your baits if you do. Its a must for me any time Im throwing big, exspensive baits. Also, I hope you didnt let any onlookers see what you were using.

Please send me some HOT boiled peanuts (not the ones out of the freezer). I love those things. Part of the reason I visit my buddy in southern Alabama is because the corner store next to his house has the best, fresh boiled peanuts.

  

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LightninrodSun Aug-14-05 03:05 PM
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#6858, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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Thank's Urban. I have a bait knocker and used it but I think the line got wrapped around the staub, preventing any knocking goin' on:-) It's worked on them before but the last couple of times, it didn't. No, I didn't show it to the two young guys. When they asked "What did you catch it on?", I told them a swimbait. They were both throwing spinnerbaits and hadn't caught any Bass.

Fresh, boiled peanuts are the "Nector of the Gods":9! I ate a bunch on my way home and the rest($8 worth!) are now in the freezer. Hardy Farms are one of the premier peanut growers in middle GA.

Dan

"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"

Deo Vindice

  

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rockstarMon Aug-15-05 05:03 PM
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#6859, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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Fishin & goobers! Don't you boys never drink no beers or watch no football? :+

  

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badbass11091Mon Aug-15-05 07:23 PM
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#6860, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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Congrats on PB dan, man you need to chill out on the 4-9 pound fish, lol

  

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cottonTue Aug-16-05 05:36 AM
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#6861, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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Great job Dan! That BB looks small in her mouth! What kind of small boat do you have? I've seen it in your other pictures, just curious.

  

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LightninrodTue Aug-16-05 11:47 AM
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#6862, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA..."
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Tue Aug-16-05 01:06 PM by Lightninrod

  

          

http://www.basshunter.com/Resources/cover.jpeg

It's a Basshunter UBHII and is made in GA but retailed around the USA. It's my second one and the first is still being used by a friend. They are 10'X4' and as stable as a pool table on a slab of granite:-) . It's the only small-water boat I'll have.

Dan

"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"

Deo Vindice

  

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swimbaitTue Aug-16-05 12:48 PM
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#6863, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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Dan - Nice fish man, congratulations.

I'm really fascinated as to why they tag the fish in the belly. Out here they tag them in the back just behind the top fin.

I got my Mattlures bass in the mail yesterday and its making me itchy to go fishing :) Paint jobs are sik.

  

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LightninrodTue Aug-16-05 01:12 PM
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#6864, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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SB: I have no idea why they do it that way. All three Bass has a welt raised on their skin where the 'hook' was injected. I'll try to remember to ask them but it's probaly based on the company that made the tags recommendation.

I went again today; 96 degrees--106 heat index, few clouds, wind off-n-on, and bright sunshine. No Bass hooked even though I had one bite. It surprised me because of where I was(different area, 9-10' of water in a cove)) and at first, I thought it was just a stump hang-up but when I went to lift it off of the stump, 'it' pulled back and then dropped the BB.

Yea, the paint jobs are worth the price as are the details in the body.

Dan

"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"

Deo Vindice

  

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cottonWed Aug-17-05 05:25 AM
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#6865, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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Man, I like that boat...I'm going to look into one; I sent a request for info in on their website. For the places I fish, it would be perfect! Do you have electronics on it? What size trolling motor does it need?
Kevin

  

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LightninrodWed Aug-17-05 07:58 AM
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#6866, "RE: 08/14/05--New PB--9 lbs--26"--Dodge Co PFA--Matt's ..."
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swimbait: I just got off of the phone with a DNR guy there at that lake and asked him about the tagging. He said they first did it in March/April of this year; tagging only Bass 18" and longer. They electro-shocked them over several nights to get a large sample.

He's familiar with the dorsal area tag system but they chose the system where a Bass scale is removed from the Bass's lower side area then an internal anchor is inserted into the skin and into the muscle where it supposedly does no harm. That anchor is smaller than the dorsal type.

Kevin: It is a perfect, small-water boat/platform with room for two; being careful with the casting of treble hook baits/long rods of course. I powered my first one(that I used for 6 years) with a 36# thrust MinnKota Maxxum(expensive but has infinite speed/power control that is better than the 'stepped' kind). It finally crapped(just got noisy but I thought a bearing was about to go) out on me a couple of months ago so I bought a new 40#(the 36'er was more than adequate but I don't think they make it anymore?) Maxxum from Cabelas. I use a Hawker Power Pond gel-type 15 lb(weight) 12v battery but I don't think they are available anymore either Odyssey Battereies has a similar one and is what I would get now.

http://www.odysseybatteries.com/battery/pc545mj.htm

I have a Humminbird Portable depth finder onboard too. I had to form a soft-metal strap to mount the transducer on to as the suction cup would not grip the pebbled finish of the Basshunter. Everything I've mentioned is up front at the bow so I can pitch or cast with everything within reach or sight.

Boat pics:

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=132397&anum=3723

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=112849&anum=3382

http://www.f150online.com/galleries/pictureview.cfm?pnum=112848&anum=3382

There is room to carry 8 rigs; four to a gunwale-trough.

Dan

"Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less"

Deo Vindice

  

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